Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3901 mails)

[Doug B <suse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 02 January 2005 10:09 pm, C. Richard Matson wrote:
>
> You only need one server. The samba client will work with a Windows
> server or a samba.server. I have set up Linux working with a Windows
> server, using only the client on the Linux box. It was for a friend a
> year ago and all I remember I is that I used Yast2 to set it up. Rich
>
 
Guess I'm wrong. Everything I read said you needed to be a server to 
offer up a share.  At least that is the way I understood it.  What 
function does the server perform if not offering out shares?

Doug
 should it be one workgroup name for both
> servers, or a different workgroup for each?

Same name for both.  It's kind of like saying "We all belong to the same 
family".  I put all my machines into the same workgroup, Windows, amba 
severs, and samba clients.

> Also, on a newly installed SuSE 9.2 system, is there any reason why
> YaST should not be completely sufficient to get SAMBA working? That
> is, is there any possible setup parameter for SAMBA that would need
> me to edit the files directly? I haven't even considered printing
> yet; just file/directory shares, so this config must be about as
> simple as it gets for SAMBA, right?

My samba needs right now are pretty simple and yast has done the job.  
In the past I have used webmin and back when I used RH 6.x, I used 
swat.

As far as printing, it's pretty easy.  If you want to use a printer on a 
windows box, you can set it up in yast.  If you want to off a printer 
from a linux box and you use cups, I think suse (or maybe samba in 
general) defaults to offering all cups printers.

I am far from an expert in samba, so I can't offer a lot of help, but 
reading and trying can usually get you a solution.

Good luck! 

Doug
 get you a solution.

Good luck! 

Doug